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As much as I really like my HTC Wildfire, I'm starting to think that my next phone will just be a feature phone... This whole attitude towards so-called customers is disgraceful.

IIRC, iostat on Linux is whole system only... On Solaris it can be whole system, individual zones or per process... (Please correct me if I'm wrong).

Normally I would suggest DTrace or iostat, but since Linux lacks both of those, it makes it hard...

You should be able to use either 'perf' or 'OProfile' to get the data you're after... PS. http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/about/ and http://www.linux-mag.com/id/2151/

They used to, they closed that service a short time ago. However you can still order the individual parts online, it's just not as streamlined as it used to be.

A fantastic time waster for those that love Lego, is LDD (Lego Digital Designer)... http://ldd.lego.com/ Great for those that can't afford kits or lots of spares, but love to design with Lego... (Also great for 5-10 yr olds as well).

IIRC, many moons ago at a TechEd conference, that ultimately MS wants items to move from Exchange (such as shared calendaring and contacts) over to SharePoint, so Exchange becomes a pure MTA and email storage host. All the other nice things that come with Exchange like shared/public folders...

Merc, Regarding the phone situation, would a VOIP system work, like asterisk with the soft phone option? (Soft phone client on the desktop connects to the PBX/Gateway via VPN tunnel). The only requirement is enough bandwidth to handle voice...

Finally got around to watching Avatar... Great visuals and audio, but what really let this movie down for me was the story that been done a hundred times over, and at times the wooden acting. (For the rare moments when there was actual live shots). I can see why Hurt Locker got the award and not...

Umm, use of crypto of meant to make it hard to get the original message... Anyway the 2nd part I would call BS, as IIRC current methodology is to clone the current/original HDD and only work on the copies, never on the original, so loss of informational state can never happen... (To work on the...

Getting slightly offtopic in regards to SOPA/PIPA, a judge in the US ordered someone to provide the crypto keys and/or password so that police are able decrypt their personal computer in order to look for evidence...

I would just like to make a quick comment. My anger is mainly directed in regards to the UK citizen being extridiced, and not in regards to the MegaUpload case. (The latter was in violation of both NZ and US laws, servers were located on US Soil, and they paid people to pirate). Also BBP, you...

I guess Australian citizens are safe for the time being... due to the folllowing: At least an Australian citizen can't be extridicted for a law that only applies in the US and not Australia... ;-)

IIRC, some MPs from the House of Lards have commented on the matter (and not in favourable terms of the US), and unfortunately the latest treaty does allow this to happen. (However the original terms were framed for terrorist acts against US assets, and not for copyright matters).

So you don't mind that the US ignores the sovereignty of other world states? Why we don't flip this around? Have you ever posted anything pro-nazi (or anti-jewish), or a picture of a swastika on the Internet? (If you have you've broken several German and Israeli laws - let's get you on a plane...

IIRC, New Zealand updated all their copyright laws to be inline with US laws and added some nice extradictions laws to boot quite a few years ago when they updated/renewed their trade agreements with the US. However, from what I've read online, MegaUpload did have a significant number of...

The Greens are asking the Australian Government on their stance on the bill... http://greens.org.au/content/wikipedia-strikes-back-%E2%80%93-where-australian-government-0 Lets see if Gillard is a sheep to the US system? FYI. The Greens are a political party here in Australia...

*why 25 years? Well a prison life term is only 25 years... Why should a media company get more time than someone in prison? Anyway, they should trademark the actual valued item, not the whole content, that way Disney could keep Mickey Mouse under lock and key, but the clip "Steam boat willy"...

<sarcasm> Brilliant thought... How 'bout we kill all Internet connections to the US, void all trade pacts with the US, ignore all US laws since they are on a path to self destruction, change copyrights to a maximum of 25 years* and make copyright offenses a civil matter and not a criminal...

A truly sad incident. It's now a running joke that all UK citizens now must follow US laws as well... otherwise they'll be shipped to the US to face imprisionment. And with the way things are going here in Oz with our US trade agreements, I wouldn't be surprised if we start to see similar...

It's quite sad that one nation has so much influence over the rest of the world... However Arstechnica.com has some really good coverage of the blackout and several articles on the ramifications of SOPA and PIPA.

The black out has begun... (The protest against SOPA/PIPA by major players)...

It certainly has some interesting properties, however I did note that it'll lack compression, have no support for hard links and won't be bootable (initially - need to wait for future OS versions for that)? But ultimately it'll mean that all that disaster recovery software and drive...

Based on my personal experience, those that do know don't or only very rarely talk about it, those that are wanna-be's tend to gloat/boast about their achievements... However, based on what Coug has written in that post and previously, I would lean towards the former. (that he only rarely talks...

They surely do... but when you don't have one, it's hard to justify the cost of one just for a one-off installation. Also must mention, the use of USB optical drive for installing XP relies heavily on the BIOS (to provide some form of emulation) or using nLite to ensure all the USB mass...

Done... If anyone asks to reinstall Windows XP onto a netbook (or any machine without a CD drive), upgrade them to Windows 7... Installation of XP via a USB stick is a nightmare. (I attempted 4 different methods, with only the 4th method actually working, but reading from online posts on the...

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Sorry OEM.

Hi all, I've been tasked to reinstall Windows XP Home on a eeePC netbook, and have pretty much everything sorted out how to install XP via a USB key, etc... However, I don't have a Windows XP Home CD nor ISO. I've checked both of my MSDNAA accounts, and neither offer XP Home, just XP Pro...

Your choice? Any circumstances that you can share? Sorry to hear, hopefully you'll pick up something quickly.

Quote of the Day My wife walks up, gives me a hug and seductively whispers into my ear, "dear, can you do something really sexy for me? Can you do the dishes..." :wink:

Buying Loongson CPUs from China or some ARM based system or some SPARC based system, running my prefered version of Linux... And all of a sudden Microsoft marketshare has dropped significantly since they don't support anything other than x86/x64 or some variations of ARM.

I haven't watched the clip yet, just read a few summaries and quickly scanned the transcript. The overall premise is correct... corporations don't want to support general purposes computing, they want to sell you an appliance that does 1 thing only (and poorly so you have to upgrade each year)...

Wotty wot wot...

Certainly wasn't insisting he was the originator of the concept, but at least in the book he gives good reasons why it should be case and the consequencies of alternate systems, rather than simply stating it as a fact in 1 or 2 lines.

Just like to wish a Happy New Year to those around us... May 2012 be a better year than 2011 was for you.

That was the one thing that I really liked about the book, that Heinlein made you think about the value of society and the current freedoms that all enjoy, that maybe those freedoms should be earned individually rather than given. IMHO the book is more a political commentary on western society...

Another great movie to remade: Starship Troopers... http://www.imdb.com/news/ni19078534/

Having sat through all the Disney/Pixar movies, they are certainly enjoyable for adults as well. I didn't mind Cars too much (my son loves both movies), but it's certainly not up with the others. The recent Disney one that struck me was the "Tinkerbell" series of movies, despite being straight...

Wotty wot wot...

I've got a backpack that will easily fit a 15" laptop, however its nice not to have to worry about wet weather when carry the laptop. (My commute is approx 1hr each way).

Yep, the new Atom has been released to OEMs, so there should be some new models coming out Q1-2012. However I would like to note 1 small issue with the new Atoms, they use a PowerVR derived graphics core instead of the traditional Intel GMA series graphics core. Why is that an issue? Well, it...

Yep, I've found a lot of good reviews on the DM1z, and all are positive. Even a lot of the comments on Amazon, regarding the DM1z and DM1-4010us are all very positive, hence my question regarding the ergonomics of the notebook which unfortunately seems to be missing from most reviews.

Went into the local JB HiFi store to have a look at a few of the 10/11" netbooks/laptops, and basically they have virtually no stock on netbooks or any of the 11" sub notebooks. The area manager said that netbooks/subnotebook stocks are very low due to HDD shortages caused by the floods... They...

Just like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope you enjoy a safe and pleasent holiday period. :-D For all others who also celebrate other events at this time I also wish a: Happy Hanukkah Io, Saturnalia! Happy and Joyful Kwanzaa Happy Constitution Day PS. Apologies if I missed a...

You do realise that one of the side effects of a global warming, is that you will have more extremes in weather patterns, including *colder* winters with more severe storms during your traditional storm season?

I heard at one time they wanted to increase the release schedule to every 4 weeks. But in that it'll be easier to move to a date version format instead (like the AMD gfx drivers), eg Firefox 2012.1

The household finance officer just informed me the bugdet for a new laptop is in fact $500, not $400 as I previously thought. I guess I'll be looking at one of the 11/13" i3 based subnotebook models instead like the ThinkPad E320... I guess this just backs my previous statement about the cheap...

I am certainly considering the x series (x121e or x130), as well as the E320 if I can get together the few extra dollars. (I would rather have an i3, instead of a Atom or C60 anyday, but the price seems to the sticking point).

Yes, a lot in fact, in cases where tablets can't offer the required functionality. I do personally expect ultrabooks to kill most of the netbook market... but only when their pricing starts to come down. I know Dell and Lenovo have stopped selling netbooks, leaving Acer, HP, Asus, Toshiba and...